Lincoln speech on the Bible?

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(01-24-2017 05:47 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  

(01-23-2017 03:18 PM)Rob Wick Wrote:  Eva, just one minor quibble. RTL's comment that Herndon was making an a$$ of himself came about in 1866 after the Ann Rutledge lecture.

Thanks for correcting, Rob.

(01-23-2017 03:18 PM)Rob Wick Wrote:  As for the term 'trustee" in this instance I think it's more of a lay leader position that wouldn't necessarily have any connection with the propagation of a religious viewpoint. More like a person being part of the bureaucratic arm of the organization.

Thanks Rob - that was what my question was aiming at - whether in this field such position would require religious "membership" and hence allow to draw conclusions on Robert in this regard.

I can't speak for the Presbyterians, but doesn't such lay leadership imply membership in that church? It does in the Episcopal Church, where such leaders are members of the vestry. The vestry also elects a Senior Warden and Junior Warden to lead them in their bureaucratic tasks for the church.